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Content warning: this article is created entirely in good fun and is not intended to offend anyone. Any criticism and jokes are aimed at the picture and not the people in them or the organization they are a part of. Welcome to the annual Board Picture Awards! Over the last few months, the writing team of SK has been carefully deliberating, channeling the likes of Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz, and poring over the minutiae of this year’s well-meaning submissions.

It’s a warm, radiant night, the 1st of March, 1935. Tonight, George Balanchine’s Serenade is to be performed for the first time at the Adelphi Theater, and the ballet enthusiasts of New York have gathered to watch the premier. It’s an abstract, plotless classical performance fashioned onto Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings in C op. 48.” Kathryn Mullowny stars as the Dark Angel, the only character who is distinguished by name in the cast list.

Grant, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, thy sauce; and in sauce, noodles; and in noodles, meatballs; and in meatballs, knowledge; and from knowledge, knowledge of what is tasty; and from knowledge of what is tasty, the love of spaghetti; and from spaghetti, the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. R’Amen –The Official Pastafarian Prayer Book, “Prayer of Knowledge” A mass of spaghetti with two meatballs and eyestalks, also known as the Flying Spaghetti Monster, created the universe.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a topic for tech lectures; it’s becoming an integral part of university life. From academic support to campus operations, AI is reshaping how we learn, work, and connect as students. For many of us, tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly have become trusted companions during late-night study sessions or frantic essay deadlines. But while AI opens doors to new opportunities, it also introduces challenges we must navigate carefully.

What comes to mind when you hear the word witch? A frightening, evil figure? A twisted villainess? Now, think of a princess. You likely picture beauty, grace, and the ideal woman – just as many fairy tales have shaped our perceptions. But what if we redefined the witch entirely? What if being a witch meant challenging stereotypes and questioning reality? And what if feminism and music came together to convey this message?

To say that I had some thoughts about the movie Wicked is an understatement. I had feelings. I first came across the stage source material at the tender age of 14, and if Spotify was working in Romania before 2018, it would surely be the only album featured in my Spotify Wrapped, and for good reason. Wicked is the perfect musical for all teenage outcasts, marginalised for their queerness, neurodivergence or just plain weirdness.

As we speed towards the end of the calendar year, the gentle *pings* coming from the apps fighting for room on your phone screen are urgently notifying you that yes, the time has finally come; ‘tis the season of retrospection of your media consumption. Spotify Wrapped, comprehensive Letterboxd stats, and the approaching deadline of this year’s Goodreads Reading Challenge. Its clickable banner, painted in an insistent violet hue, is plastered on the website’s interface across multiple tabs.

Avendo gran disio, dipinsi una pintura, bella, voi simigliante, e quando voi non vio, guardo ’n quella figura, e par ch’eo v’aggia avante Out of my great desire I painted an image Fair, resembling you, And when I do not see you I look at that picture And it seems like you’re right in front of me Meravigliosamente (or Wonderfully) – Iacopo da Lentini (translated from medieval Sicilian by Karla Mallette) Could you describe the table at which you eat breakfast every day?

We are now open to submissions for the annual Board Picture Awards! For the uninitiated: every year, the Groninger Studentenkrant compiles a list of board pictures from different student associations in the city. Our writers then carefully evaluate each picture, providing them with comments that consist of both praise and criticism. Afterwards, we rank every picture and publish the results right here.

The Way That Dreams Taste: The Wilted Flowers Series I will tell you a story about tomorrow. I ask of you that this story remains between you and me, for the walls may hear the whisperings that join the two of us. The bleak silence holds lots of space for words unspoken and thoughts too loud. Sometimes you can hear them if you listen closely; the mumblings of the walls. The soft hum of their voices echoes through the chamber in our minds, a voiceless paranoia hooking us in.